1. Improving Your Application with IntelliTrace #ITDevConnections

2. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Joseph Guadagno Team Leader & Software Architect at Quicken Loans, Microsoft Visual C# MVP, Organizer of Desert Code Camp, Husband of one, Father of two. #ITDevConnections WebsiteJosephguadagno.net Twitter@jguadagno Emailjguadagno@hotmail.com Demo Sitejjg.me/introtwbs Source Codejjg.me/introtwbscode

3. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Agenda What is IntelliTrace? Debugging Applications Collecting Trace Information – In Deployed Desktop Application – In Deployed Web Application – In Windows Service Debugging from an IntelliTrace log file #ITDevConnections

4. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE WHAT IS INTELLITRACE #ITDevConnections

5. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE What is IntelliTrace IntelliTrace allows you to record events and method calls your application to examine its state (call stack and local variable values) at different points in the execution. #ITDevConnections

6. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Requirements Visual Studio 2015 – Enterprise Edition – Professional Edition Visual Studio 2013 and earlier – Ultimate Edition or earlier #ITDevConnections

7. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Enabling IntelliTrace Tools | Options, IntelliTrace Ctrl+Q, type IntelliTrace Debug | IntelliTrace, Open IntelliTrace Settings #ITDevConnections

8. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE What IntelliTrace Collects for Events Debugger Events – Values in the Local Window – Values in the Auto Window – Values in DataTips Exception – Handled and Unhandled.NET Framework Events #ITDevConnections

9. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE What IntelliTrace Collects for Function Calls Function name Values of primitive data types passed as parameters at function entry points and returned at function exit points Values of automatic properties when they are read or changed Pointers to first-level child objects, but not their values other than if they were null or not #ITDevConnections

10. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Limit What IntelliTrace Collects Limit the IntelliTrace Events Limit the Modules IntelliTrace “watches” #ITDevConnections

11. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Demo – Configure IntelliTrace #ITDevConnections

12. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE DEBUGGING APPLICATIONS #ITDevConnections

13. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Demo – Live Debugging Applications #ITDevConnections

14. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Navigation Gutter Set Debugger Context Here Set the debugging context to the call timeframe where it appears. This icon appears only on the current call stack. Return to Call Site Move the pointer and debugging context back to where the current function was called. If you are in Live Debugging mode, this command turns Historical Debugging on. If you navigate back to the original execution break, Historical Debugging is turned off and Live Debugging is turned on. Go to Previous Call or IntelliTrace Event Move the pointer and debugging context back to the previous call or event. If you are in Live Debugging mode, this command turns on Historical Debugging. Step In Step into the currently selected function. This command is available only when you are in Historical Debugging mode. Go to Next Call or IntelliTrace Event Move the pointer and debugging context to the next call or event for which IntelliTrace data exists. This command is available only when you are in Historical Debugging mode. Go to Live Mode Return to Live Debugging mode. #ITDevConnections

15. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE COLLECTING TRACE DATA #ITDevConnections

16. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Collecting from a Deployed Application (Web / Desktop) IntelliTrace Collector – http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=44909 Requires –.NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5 #ITDevConnections

17. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Collecting from a Deployed Web Application - Setup From the server – http://jjg.me/itPermOnServer Remote Permissions – PowerShell – http://jjg.me/itRemotePerm #ITDevConnections

18. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Collecting from a Deployed Application (Web Only) Microsoft Monitoring Agent – http://jjg.me/2bJbtyo Requires –.NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5 – PowerShell 3.0 or Later – http://jjg.me/mmaReqs #ITDevConnections

19. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Demo – Working with.iTrace #ITDevConnections

20. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Collecting from Test Manager #ITDevConnections

21. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE TIPS #ITDevConnections

22. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Avoid App Performance Hits Run the collector only when you think there’s a problem, or when you can reproduce the problem. To prevent the collector from slowing down other apps, host each app in its own application pool. Review the events in the collection plan for which IntelliTrace collects data. Review the modules in the collection plan for which IntelliTrace collects data. #ITDevConnections More tips at http://jjg.me/itTips

23. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE QUESTIONS? #ITDevConnections

24. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE REFERENCES #ITDevConnections

25. IMPROVE YOUR APPLICATION WITH INTELLITRACE Urls Edit IntelliTrace collection plan – http://jjg.me/itCollectionPlan Custom TraceSource and debugging – http://jjg.me/itCustom Diagnose problems after deployment – http://jjg.me/itDiagnose #ITDevConnections

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